The OP is talking hard facts, ENSIME _do_ have a low barrier for contributing. I have been witness of the continuous effort to make it more so. He is sharing what has worked for them. Are solutions "fads" now? Aren't we engineers and problem solvers? What's all this nonsense of "respecting tradition" and "elders"?

I'm not saying that experience is worthless, I'll be the first in defending it, but I also know, first hand, that as we get a little older, we get too used to our ways, even if there are others more efficient, that require change.